Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 49 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.07
• Soggetto topico: Political sociology - Research; Political sociology - Research - United States; Sociological jurisprudence - Research - United States; Sociology - Research - United States; Trial practice; Practice of law; Law & society; Courts & procedure; Law - Trial Practice
• Altri autori: SaratAustin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Part I: Symposium: ""The Trial: Past, Present, Future""; Chapter 1. A critical appreciation of the American trial in (current) decline; The present; The past; The near future; The more distant future; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Stories from the jury room: How jurors use narrative to process evidence; Introduction; Published transcripts; A complete Arizona case; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References ; Chapter 3. ''We had never jumped fences before'': The city, the woman, and the drifter in the Yaakobowitz caseOn privacy; Three failed beginnings; The invasion of the private; A separate legal personality; Corroborating the woman's testimony; The woman in the public sphere; The flaneur and the city; Conclusion: The Yaakobowitz trial as a theater of boundaries; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. A trial in the life of the environmental justice movement: USA v. Citgo; Introduction; Litigation in the environmental justice movement; Data and methods ; Social movement mobilization and criminal trialsGrassroots participation in criminal trials; When defendants are the ''haves''; Conclusions; Notes; References; Books and Journal Articles; CFEJ Trial Updates; Part II: General Articles; Chapter 5. Legalizing public reason: The American dream, same-sex marriage, and the management of radical disputes; Part I; Part II; Part III; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Little monsters, wild animals, and welfare queens: Ronald Reagan and the legal constitution of American politics; Introduction ; ''The Age of Reagan'' and the Constitutive Power of LawRonald Reagan and the legal constitution of American politics; Conclusion - What would Reagan do?; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Cases Cited
• Sommario/riassunto: Trials are well known as paradigmatic legal events. Some attract wide attention; others mostly escape notice. Indeed in the United States trials have recently become rare, with some scholars bemoaning the death of the trial. This issue of "Studies in Law, Politics and Society" contains, along with two general interest articles, a symposium on the past, present, and future of the trial. It brings together the work of leading scholars to think about the nature, utility, and limits of trials. This work takes stock of the field, charts its progress, and points the way for its future development.
• Titolo autorizzato: Studies in law, politics and society
• ISBN: 1-282-45773-X; 9786612457739; 1-84950-616-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809656203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in law, politics, and society ; ; v. 49.